Probiotics: Are They Really Necessary? | Talking Point | Diet

Kudos Steve, putting your body on the line again for educating the rest of us :)

I’m not sure about the other foods, but, my husband and I have been consuming natto for 2 years now. I know it improved my husband’s health. It is hard to quantify his improvement because it got coupled with less stress when he started working from home. As for me, I definitely can tell the benefit because I was going through a five-year long process to “fix” my periodontal disease. In the 3rd year, I started eating natto and my hygenist could tell that there was significant reduction of bleeding of my gums. Also, I used to get cavities every year. Well due to covid I did not get any cleaning from the periodontist’s office for a year (my husband is high-risk & we decided to put some stuff on hold until we got vaccinated) and I did not see my regular dentist for 2 years to check for cavities. When I finally saw my regular dentist, they did not see any cavities. Natto also contains nattokinase, which is antithrombotic. It is also the highest food source for Vitamin K2, which activates proteins that move calcium away from soft tissues & deposits them to the bones. It is not my favorite food, but, I eat it everyday. I use kimchee to “mask” the natto. Also, I make natto with black soy beans, which actually tastes milder.

I love these shows honestly. They are genuinely well edited and highly informative.

i have been taking probiotics (30 billion CFU) for a few years. they help me when i travel, i don't get diarrhea. i absorb food better, and have a peace of mind regarding my gut health, which is also known as the "second brain". i am 40, but i look late 20s. I think this is testament to probiotics, because it is the only supplement i have been taking consistently over the years, apart from Vit C and Omega 3.

I really like this series, hope it continues on and that there will be a revisit few years down the line when there are more updates

Love these recent talking point series..helps me to sift the facts from the hype and misinformations...

Love these episodes! 1 thing I'm skeptical of all these newly formed test is after reading through what happened with Theranos. Hope more of these biotech companies be more transparent with their tech and accuracies of their test results

I like how after you got Steven to consume all sorts of trash in earlier episodes and now we get to check how rekt his gut is.

Kudos to Steve and CNA team for giving us a local perspective to health science. Hope you can do one on water - tap, boiled and bottled and flitered mineral water.

Thanks for this experiment and science-backed advices from the experts. Looking forward to more of such videos to improve our health!

Very helpful. Thanks Steven.

Excellent video. Thank you and the entire team!

Serotonin may not have improved because he is not happy with what he was actually eating.

My favorite show, even though I'm not from Asia

You should mix the natto til it gets all white and foamy. I just started trying it this year and I love it!

I’m afraid to take anymore supplements. This girl, a guest in the show called “The Dr.s”, ended up with a liver transplant because of the supplements she was taking. I’m just going to up my vegetables intake. I blanched it and purée and drink my purée vegetables instead of eating it. I threw away all my supplements. I just eat in moderation and intermittent fast everyday sixteen hours in between. It made me lost 40 pounds and my system reset. My blood pressure went back to normal, my anxiety went away, my eye floaters gone, my varicose veins size of a raisins got smaller and I sleep deep at night. Good luck to all of us , we are always looking to prolong our lives and live healthy. There is nothing wrong with that. BLESS UP!

thank you vm! love to watch ur videos, very educational. helps alot! keep it up brother and you are funny too. cheers!

i am surprised nobody had mentioned about kimchee and yogurt as been good probiotics.

I like it when Steven does the healthy challenges!

need more video from steve!